On April 6, 2017 at the premises of the State Fiscal Service of Ukraine the Fifth Steering Committee Meeting of the Twinning Project “Support to the State Fiscal Service of Ukraine in reinforcing IBM elements in the area of customs matters” was held.
The Project is implemented by the State Fiscal Service of Ukraine together with the German Federal Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Poland and Customs Department under the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Lithuania.
The goal of the Project is to establish a basis for effective customs management and integrity in Ukraine based on IBM principles.
Acting Deputy Head of the State Fiscal Service of Ukraine, the official RTA Counterpart from Ukraine Myroslav Prodan welcomed the participants and outlined that the State Fiscal Service of Ukraine
appreciated the Twinning project implementation in the first quarter of 2017 in the context of the EU–Ukraine Association Agreement. The main steps of reforming the customs service within the Twinning project implementation (including simplification of procedure of customs registration of citizens and vehicles (“one stop” principle) at the border crossing point “Novi Yarylovychi”) were represented. Also Myroslav Prodan underlined the importance of mutually beneficial cooperation with the Administration of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine within the framework of the Twinning projects implementation in the area of integrated border management.
MS Project Leader Rainer Beussels emphasized the timely and effective implementation of the project during the reporting period and also underlined the need to consolidate the achieved sustainable results.
Head of Operations Section 1 “Good Governance and Democratisation” of the EU Delegation to Ukraine Martin Klaucke in his speech underlined the importance of implementation of this Twinning project and expressed the readiness of the EU Delegation to Ukraine to contribute further successful implementation of the Project.
RTA Detlef Szesny presented the fifth quarterly report to the members of the Steering Committee outlining the main activities conducted during the reporting period as well as identified plans for the next reporting period. Leaders of components from EU Member States and Ukrainian partners presented the main activities conducted during the reporting period.
As the result of the meeting the Twinning project for State Fiscal Service of Ukraine will be extended for 2 months.
First Deputy Head of the State Border Guard of Ukraine Vasyl Servatiuk, representatives of State Fiscal Service of Ukraine and other stakeholders also took part in the event.
On behalf of the Center for Adaptation of the Civil Service to the Standards of the European Union the Senior Consultant of the SIGMA and CIB Project Division of the Projects Management Unit Olena Rachynska attended the event.
For reference:
according to the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine “On Approval of the Procedure for Initiation, Preparation and Implementation of the Twinning projects” as of October 11, 2016 No 700 the National Agency of Ukraine on Civil Service coordinates the implementation of Institution Building Instrument Twinning in Ukraine.
In addition, according to the relevant regulatory acts the National Agency of Ukraine on Civil Service is the national coordinator of institution building instrument TAIEX and CIB programme implementation in Ukraine.
In order to provide effective coordination of Twinning, TAIEX instruments and CIB programme the Twinning Programme Administration office in Ukraine was created, its functions are executed by the Center for Adaptation of the Civil Service to Standards of the European Union
The Project “Support to the State Fiscal Service of Ukraine in reinforcing IBM elements in the area of customs matters” includes three main components:
- Component 1 – Amendment of legislation related to Integrated Border Management
- Component 2 – Operational Arrangements of IBM Cooperation
- Component 3 – Anti-corruption system development
